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The Blue Ninja
Based on Batman Begins, this is the story of a boy whose parents are killed by a ninja, so he seeks out to get revenge. He is.... the Blue Ninja.
it was okay
3 stars
You should have setnup a casting call. The voices were sort of young for people like the old man. The scene where the ninja kills the parents isn't as dramatic as it could be and it was very short. The dad just fell backwards when the sword hit him. The animation was ok. The green (or blue) screening was pretty well done. The story was pretty good, too.
EDIT: When the boy (I forgot his name) was hitting a tennis ball against the wall, it looked really weird. Just use masking instead of putting in a tennis ball in the doting process.
2.5/5
-LASF
Last edited by LASF (October 17, 2011 (01:14pm))
first of all I would like to say that you really shouldn't put a topic in the Pre-production forum fo a 2 minuet video
those kind of things are really for longer movies or series
it was actually a really good Idea. but there where many things that needed to be changed
first of all you really needed to at least attempt to make the voices sound different.
I couldn't tell who was talking when. if you cant make your voice sound different for each caricature put up a casting call.
it all went by very fast but was generally well done.
the blue/green screen was especially well done
I was very confused at what was happening at some parts
why was the ninja killing his parents
why did the butler be so ready to help him take revenge
even if he couldn't defy his wishes he certainly wouldn't help him
the ending seemed rushed an was possibly the most confusing part
your animation wasn't that bad actually
most of your faults are in story
I didn't care for it too much.
The movie had potential but I don't believe it was executed properly. I think the story needs work - It should be a little more detailed. Perhaps a bit longer than two and a half minutes. This way, you can add a bit more detail to the story.
The green screen needs work too. The beginning 0:10 to 0:28 and 1:11 to 1:40 was a bit rough. You could see the rough green outline around the figures.
Furthermore, the voices were all the same. Next time around, try posting a thread in the casting call section or having other people voice over some characters.
I'll give it a 2.5 / 5
Thanks for the advice. I didn't use masking for the ball because then it's the same colour as the green screen, so it would get chromakeyed out. And next time I'll set up a casting call.
Thanks for the advice. I didn't use masking for the ball because then it's the same colour as the green screen, so it would get chromakeyed out. And next time I'll set up a casting call.
May I ask what software you used for Chroma Keying?
Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11
Hmm... Quality is pretty worst and I didn't like greenscreen but animation was pretty smoothy and so on. Keep koing, but please, fix that terrible quality, it's very bad. 
Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11
All right. To help with your green screening, and avoiding the greenish outline around your set and figures, do this:
1.) Import your footage into Vegas and select Chroma Key - Green Screen.
2.) Once in it, take the eye dropper and use it on your green background.
3.) Then, make sure to use the threshold controls to remove some of the green outline. Make sure to keep even lighting on the green screen as well.
Yeah, that's what I do, but when I adjust the threshold so there's no green outline, it deletes some of the baseplate or minifigures.
That's where your lighting comes into play. Make sure you've got the screen a fair distance away from the set, and lit separately if at all possible. That limits the amount of light you'll get spilling onto your figures. You should also keep in mind that sometimes green isn't the best color to chroma-key with; it's all dependent on the scene you're shooting. If you have heavy green elements (grass baseplates, for example), you'd be better off using a color of screen that isn't prominent in the shot.
I've green screened with excellent results with a blue colored poster board. The only downside is that if any of your mini figures have blue on them, it'll attempt to key it out too.
I often use a blue screen, but with the blue ninja, there's loads of blue involved.
Not bad but the quality is very 
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I know. I put it in the wrong format, and it wasn't perfectly in focus.
I know. I put it in the wrong format, and it wasn't perfectly in focus.
What kind of camera do you use? And does it have manual focus?
Yeah. I'm pretty good at it now. I'm using a Logitech Webcam pro 9000. But when I made the video, I'd only had the camera for a bout a week
LWP9000 has very good manual focus and fine manual settings, but it has annoying little brightness/white light flicking, if you don't have objects on screen... 
LWP9000 has very good manual focus and fine manual settings, but it has annoying little brightness/white light flicking, if you don't have objects on screen...
I've only had about 6 frames with light flicker so far.
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